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Lisa Brunelle Joins Noodle Specialty Brokers

New vice president responsible for underwriting private company middle-market business.

CHICAGO ¿ MAY 8, 2006 ¿ Lisa Brunelle, 43, has joined the Underwriting Department of Noodle Specialty Brokers (NSB), a division of InsuranceNoodle (www.insurancenoodle.com), as a vice president responsible for underwriting private company middle-market business.

Prior to joining NSB, Brunelle was an account executive at S.H. Smith & Company, West Hartford, Connecticut. As a licensed wholesale producer, her responsibilities included locating markets and negotiating on behalf of clients for all product lines of Professional Liability. She also held previous underwriting positions at Chubb Executive Risk and Mass Mutual.

Brunelle, who will be based out of NSB¿s Bloomfield, Connecticut office, is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society and the American Management Association.

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